What gaming PC would you buy with £600?

Plec said:
Part of it's the gouging - CPU and and the boards. The other part is the excitement has warn off a bit - that coupled with i have no real need to upgrade - but i want a Zen 2, just to play with.
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Indeed. I don't wanna pay the gouged prices. And I don't really need to upgrade. I just want to...lol. I suspect just whacking up the ram to 32gb would suit me the next couple years.
Plec said:
If funds are a tight i would always suggest waiting (2020 prices will be considerably lower) - but when you consider how often you upgrade your core components (sensible) I would argue that you will get value for money whenever you buy - even on release. N.B. I'm not including your planned NVMe drives in that last bit
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Funds aren't tight. I'm just Chinese...and we don't like to pay over the odds for stuff :P
Plec said:
As for your situation it's not so cut and dried - 400 mods and 350K pop!!! Have you not heard of thinning the heard? Add the disasters DLC - and walk away from your screen for 20 minutes that will save you some much needed system memory...
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Got it to 400k pop now lol...and I've got my natural disasters turned off :P I'll be sad when I run out of space to build...and probably start a new city lol
Plec said:
We're getting old and sensible tamzzy - well i am, you're just getting old :D
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Old. And Chinese. Lol.
 
tamzzy said:
Funds aren't tight. I'm just Chinese...and we don't like to pay over the odds for stuff :p
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I thought Chinese frugality was a stereo type - a bit like a tight-fisted/sot Scots (@pastymuncher - just an example :D)? Certainly, not the worst 'quality' to be associated with. :)

Either way, it's a generational trait that i wish western society had adopted as we wouldn't be in such a ****ing global fiscal mess (going completely off topic now.).

tamzzy said:
Indeed. I don't wanna pay the gouged prices. And I don't really need to upgrade. I just want to...lol. I suspect just whacking up the ram to 32gb would suit me the next couple years.
Got it to 400k pop now lol...and I've got my natural disasters turned off :p I'll be sad when I run out of space to build...and probably start a new city lol
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Looks like you're going to have to break with tradition one way or the other. Buying another 16GB of EOL DDR3 will stick in the throat - obviously 2nd hand will take the edge off.

Or, a completely new spangly spec - perhaps delayed by a few months. And, as you're more than aware, there's more benefits than just money saving, when giving new architecture a few months to breathe. You get to watch all the teething problems in the comfort of your chair or via a friend's build.

We would get to watch @orbitalwalsh fine tune his Gigabyte build - unless he commits to his 9700K comment - in which case we get to take the pee. :D I would buy a Zen 2 8c/16t then just for the giggles - although his build may have the early laugh. Yikes...

tamzzy said:
up the ram to 32gb would suit me the next couple years.
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If you wait 2 years you'll probably be contemplating INTEL's response. So no AMD/Ryzen anecdotes to pass on to the kids - imagine having missed Athlon. History would statistically mark you down as a blueboy - well, this is how i will spin it. :D
 
Plec said:
thought Chinese frugality was a stereo type Certainly, not the worst 'quality' to be associated with. :)

Either way, it's a generational trait that i wish western society
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Haha...it's probably a gene that encodes for thrift...
But yeah...most people I know had the value of money drilled into them from young...

Plec said:
Looks like you're going to have to break with tradition one way or the other. Buying another 16GB of EOL DDR3 will stick in the throat - obviously 2nd hand will take the edge off.

Or, a completely new spangly spec - perhaps delayed by a few months. And, as you're more than aware, there's more benefits than just money saving, when giving new architecture a few months to breathe. You get to watch all the teething problems in the comfort of your chair or via a friend's build. :) We would get to watch @orbitalwalsh fine tune his Gigabyte build - unless he commits to his 9700K comment - in which case we get to take the pee. :D I would buy a Zen 2 8c/16t then just for the giggles - although his build may have the early laugh. Yikes...
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Yeah imma see how ryzen 3000 pans out...either way...16 extra GB of ddr3 2400mhz should be pretty cheap when people start selling off their sandy/ivy/hazzy platforms...I hope.
But if ryzen 3000 is "da bomb" then I'll wait until prices stabilise before jumping in.

Plec said:
If you wait 2 years you'll probably be contemplating INTEL's response. So no AMD/Ryzen anecdotes to pass on to the kids - imagine having missed Athlon. History would statistically mark you down as a blueboy - well, this is how i will spin it. :D
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Lol. I had the athlon xp 2100+
Beast at the time...
Paired with a Radeon 9700...
#nostalgia
 
 
Plec said:
I thought Chinese frugality was a stereo type - a bit like a tight-fisted/sot Scots (@pastymuncher - just an example :D)? Certainly, not the worst 'quality' to be associated with. :)
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Cheeky git. :p I am a Cornishman actually and we are even worse than the Scots when it comes to money!! I thought that pastymuncher may have been a clue to my origin.
 
pastymuncher said:
Cheeky git. :p I am a Cornishman actually and we are even worse than the Scots when it comes to money!!
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LOL - and both equally wave their flags.

pastymuncher said:
I thought that pastymuncher may have been a clue to my origin.
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I put that down to the drunken stupor and your love of deep frying everything :D (<---- very much a joke)

Always thought your name was a bit of an oxymoron - have thought of asking a number of times but never seemed to be in the right thread. :)

pastymuncher said:
>moved from nearly incoherent to totally incoherent :D<
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Lucky guy, both fantastic locations - my brother has recently moved to Loch Gilphead, i'm yet to make the 7 hour journey.
 
Plec said:
Have you had a heads up, Orbi (E3)? :)
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haha, been trying to get some details on ryzen before e3 but been to busy in work catching up . should have wired off emails on friday but was swamped with new lego and trying not to let the 2 yr old eat or hid it !
16 core... you'll be wanting a 360 aio or Dark Rock Pro ! if PSU uses Separate rails like bequiets flagship does, handle for dual 8 Pin CPU power sockets :)
 
orbitalwalsh said:
haha, been trying to get some details on ryzen before e3 but been to busy in work catching up . should have wired off emails on friday but was swamped with new lego and trying not to let the 2 yr old eat or hid it
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Reads like you're still overwhelmed - hope your wifey has picked up, bud. I know only too well how difficult it is juggling job, a scary sick space hopper a.k.a. wife (she liked the name :)) and a toddler that's sole purpose seems to be to try and run into every sharp corner you haven't protected. :/

orbitalwalsh said:
16 core... you'll be wanting a 360 aio or Dark Rock Pro ! if PSU uses Separate rails like bequiets flagship does, handle for dual 8 Pin CPU power sockets :)
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Sounds - like an animal!!!

Only, 8c/16t for me - so i'll be sticking to my bricks :). May get another Dark Rock Pro 4 - I missed out on a new one on the MM by seconds the other day for £37... :/
 
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